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The takedown of a Russian darknet marketplace exposed cracks within the cyber-criminal underworld and the global effort to shut down these digital black markets.
What Is Emotet?
Emotet is a Trojan available through a malware-as-a-service (MaaS) model. This means cybercriminals can download a package, often for a few hundred dollars or a monthly subscription fee, and direct attacks to businesses and individuals.
The initial payload which is typically delivered via e-mail, infected documents, or websites unleashes a script, macro, or code that operates as a worm that infects various software applications and systems, such as an Outlook address book or a cloud-based container. In many cases, Emotet often sits idle for 30 to 45 days before it launches a ransomware attack, notes Keith Mularski, managing director in the cybersecurity practice at consulting firm EY.